The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18

To- thy somewhere heaven take me;
What thou hoIest Of me make me;
L.pt my hand and heart are thine:
In my heart, too, thou art mine
" 4. Wilson ia The Current
The steam yacht Nictorine will not
run to Crescent City on Saturday, but
will miss that trip to do some re-
pairing. 1t will resume its regular trips
on Monday.
Rev. j. Cadwallader, of Jacksonville,
will speak tonight at 80 o'clock, in the
Baptist Church. Subject, The Liquor
Traffic and Its Fruits" Your difference
of opinion with the speaker makes you
none the less welcome.
..Sea and Land" is the title of pro-
fusely illustrated work now offered for
sale in this city by subscription. 1t is
certainly hands. me publication, and
shows up to a marvellous degree the
seen to be appreciated.
The r. s. V. p. Club will give one of
Guards Armory on Monday evening
next. The hop will be very much like
those heretofore given by the club, which
is the same saying that it is going to
be mighty nice time.
The municipal election will soon be
upon us again. Unless the votes are
again to be weighted with dollars as in
the last election, let us be certain to get
an administration pledged to progress
i've policy and some fixed promises As to
| a system of sewerage.
Eli Sellers, a switchman in the Florida
Southern Railway yards, while turning
the switches yesterday, was injured by
the explosion of dynamite torpedo.
which was placed on the track. Sellers
| right leg was penetrated by portion of
the cartridge, which, when extracted,
measured three inches in length. Prompt
recovery is looked for,
A curious case is reported from Not
tingham, England. A landlord sued his
tenant for rent. The latter admitted the
debt but proved that the house was in
bad sanitary condition, and that it was
probable the death of his child had been
caused thereby. The court gave judg-
ment against the tenant for rent, but
gave him heavy damages for the loss of
the child. Let as hare sewerage.
On the Heights Prof. Wood is pIow-
ing under fine crop Of rye to fertilize
his grove, and Judge Vertrees is putting
in figs, pears and other fruits on that
part of his lot not yet set in orange trees.
On the Judges lot is now growing a fine
crop of oats, and this furnishes practi-
cal proof that proper fertilization will
insure US a fine growth of the cereal
plants.
that the AdrdHce- Courier will soon be
born in Barlow, and that its parents are
Messrs. Holder & Tatum, sound Demo-
Gratis both. In connection with the pa
per these gentlemen will put in fine
job office, and prepare themselves in
every respect for the transaction of an
extensive business. We welcome them
to our exchange list and bespeak for
them large proportion of the joys edi-
torial.
Somebody played a good joke on Char
ley Fenwick yesterday, and we believe
| it was DIR. =. III. Strauss. The Doctor, as
is we'll known, owns deaf coach dog, a
piece of property he was not over fond
of. though the dog is a very handsome
animal. MIR. Fenwick Is up the river
canvassing for the new railroad, and
that deaf dog was shipped to him yester-
day, via the steamer Sylvan Glen. During
his leisure moments he will practice
teaching that dog the sign language, and
his friends believe that he will eventually
teach the purp the language of the deaf.
Mr.. Martin Griffin brought over yes
terday from his fine grove opposite Pa
latka several fine lemons, well matured,
of excellent flavor and entirely unin-
| jured by the cold. These were only a
sample taken from a tree yet loaded
with fruit which has been unprotected
during the whole winter. Here il a
scare" should kill nobody. And il the
missing tourists" yet stay away in any
considerable numbers they lose the
months of sunshine, unknown outside
of Florida, and in this their absence en-.
tails on them greater penalties than on us
Their neighbors and trends are here.
A regular meeting of the Palatka Lit
erary and Dramatic Society was held a,
the residence Of Mrs. Gray, corner OF
j Oak and Sacnnd straats Lat .rania.